George Matulaitis Journal

106 be arranged so that facts be reported quickly and accurately, especially about action taken by the civil authorities and about what is printed in the newspapers and so on. At about five in the afternoon I called on Antonucci once more. Again, we discussed the Academy, but this time I heard nothing new. Antonucci admitted that he was not in favor of the Decree which Archbishop Kluczy < ski 1 had already received in its final draft, since he was aware that the program of studies that it required could not be put into practice. Then we spoke about the indulgences I wanted to obtain for our Congregation. I asked Antonucci to send us the faculties and privileges by mail when they are granted. After that we said our final goodbyes. November 22 I had a free day. After all my labors I felt very tired and drained. I visited the Church of St. Cecilia 2 with Father Mosser and prayed. In the evening Sergei Grum-Grzymajlo 3 came to see me. We arranged to meet again the next morning to discuss those things for which he had come to Rome. November 23 Today I offered up my Mass for our Congregation. I saw Father Grum this morning. He has come at the request of certain priests to report on the situation of the Church in Russia and especially about the bishops. 4 He will be calling on the Jesuit Father Ledóchowski and, in the evening, on Monsignor Sapieha. I requested that he ask Father Ledóchowski if he would consent to see me sometime. In my free time I visited churches and prayed. I drew up a list of things that I wanted to discuss with Father Ledóchowski about our Congregation and the Academy. Also, I had another talk with Grum who has moved into the same hotel. November 24 At about ten in the morning I went to see Father Ledóchowski. He 1 Wincenty Kluczy < ski (1847-1917): Archbishop of Mogilev (1910-1914). The jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Mogilev extended to all Roman Catholics within the territories ruled by the Russian czars, including the diocese of Vilnius, Warsaw, Mi<sk , etc. Since 1798, St. Petersburg was the official residence of the Archbishop of Mogilev. 2 It was the feast of St. Cecilia. 3 Sergei Grum-Grzymajlo (1866-1925): son of a Russian count, one of the czar’s ministers. He had stud- ied abroad and converted to Catholicism. In 1904-1908, he studied theology with the Jesuits at Innsbruck and was ordained in 1908. Grum and Matulaitis met in Rome in 1909, where Grum was very helpful in arranging introductions and audiences, since he had friends at the Vatican. 4 The problem was Archbishop Kluczy < ski’s policy of submission and conciliation towards the Russian government which many priests considered not in the best interest of the Church. Kluczy < ski came to Rome in 1913 to confer with Pope Pius X and resigned toward the end of that year.